1. Poor survival in rheumatoid arthritis associated with bronchiectasis: a family-based cohort study
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Thierry Bienvenu, Daniel Dusser, Claire Le Jeunne, Emmanuelle Génin, Xavier Puéchal, Groupe de recherche sur les maladies systémiques ( EA 4058 ), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), Institut Cochin ( UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016) ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Génétique, génomique fonctionnelle et biotechnologies (UMR 1078), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Université de Brest ( UBO ) -EFS-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière ( IBSAM ), Université de Brest ( UBO ), Biochimie et biologie moléculaire, CHU Cochin [AP-HP], Département des maladies respiratoires [CHU Cochin], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-CHU Cochin [AP-HP], Grants from the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Contrat de Recherche et d’Innovation Clinique CRC98046) (to XP)and the Société Française de Rhumatologie (to XP)., Groupe de recherche sur les maladies systémiques (EA 4058), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique, génomique fonctionnelle et biotechnologies (UMR 1078) (GGB), EFS-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO), Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Bos, Mireille, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), and Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO)-EFS-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Science ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,Cystic fibrosis ,Gastroenterology ,Arthritis, Rheumatoid ,Cohort Studies ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,[SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Humans ,[SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,Family ,[ SDV.BBM ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,Survival analysis ,Probability ,Clinical Genetics ,Multidisciplinary ,Bronchiectasis ,biology ,business.industry ,Mortality rate ,Personalized Medicine ,Cardiorespiratory fitness ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Survival Analysis ,Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator ,3. Good health ,Phenotype ,Treatment Outcome ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Medicine ,Female ,Clinical Medicine ,business ,Cohort study ,Research Article - Abstract
BackgroundDiffuse bronchiectasis (DB) may occur in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) mutations predispose RA patients to DB, but the prognosis of RA-associated DB (RA-DB) is unclear.MethodsWe report long-term mortality data from a nationwide family-based association study of patients with RA only, DB only or RA-DB. We assessed mortality as a function of clinical characteristics and CF/CFTR-RD (CFTR-related disorders) mutations in 137 subjects from 24 kindreds. Potential risk factors were investigated by Cox proportional-hazard analysis with shared Gaussian random effects to account for within-family correlations.ResultsDuring a median follow-up of 11 years after inclusion, 18 patients died, mostly from cardiorespiratory causes. Survival was significantly lower for RA-DB patients than for unaffected relatives and for patients with RA or DB only. RA patients with DB had also a poorer prognosis in terms of survival after RA diagnosis (HR, 8.6; 95% CI, 1.5-48.2; P = 0.014) and from birth (HR, 9.6; 95% CI, 1.1-81.7; P = 0.039). Early onset of DB (HR, 15.4; 95% CI, 2.1-113.2; P = 0.007) and CF/CFTR-RD mutation (HR, 7.2; 95% CI, 1.4-37.1; P = 0.018) were associated with poorer survival in patients with RA-DB. Thus, CF/CFTR-RD mutations in RA patients with early-onset DB defined a subgroup of high-risk patients with higher mortality rates (log-rank test P = 1.28×10(-5)).ConclusionDB is associated with poorer survival in patients with RA. Early-onset DB and CFTR mutations are two markers that identify RA patients at a high risk of death, for whom future therapeutic interventions should be designed and evaluated.
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- 2014
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